June 29, 2020
The Executive Committee of
EUSA held their third meeting of
the year online, with members
gathering virtually on Monday,
June 29.
After being acquainted with the
Office Report for May and June,
as well as the EUSA Treasurer’s
report, the Executive Committee
acknowledged a statement
received from the European
Universities Games 2022 Host
City partners, who will prepare
a full progress report on the
organisation of the Games in
Lodz, Poland by mid-August.
Due to the consequences of the
COVID-19 outbreak, restrictions
in travels and to secure the
safety of participants, the
EUSA Executive Committee
unanimously decided to
postpone the EUSA General
Assembly, initially scheduled
to take place in October 2020,
to the following year. An
online meeting with member
federations was confirmed to be
organised later in the year.
The Executive Committee also
decided that this year’s official
EUSA celebrations of the
International Day of University
Sport and European Week
of Sport will be organised in
cooperation with the National
University Sports Associations
of Ukraine and Hungary in
September 2020.
Documents regarding EUSA’s
Incident Policy, Code of Ethics,
Financial Regulations and
Accounting Principles and
Associated Members Guidelines
were then presented, as well
as progress reports of internal
Working Groups, all of which
would be approved at the next
meeting.
The Executive Commission
members were then informed
about the status of EU-funded
projects that EUSA leads or
partners and were given a report
for each project. The members
were notified that several
projects would be prolonged
for several months due to the
global pandemic.
September 17, 2020
The EUSA Executive Committee
met online on September 17 for
its fourth meeting of the year.
The meeting started with the
reports of the past period,
outlining key activities,
especially taking into account
Covid-19, and related
precautions and restrictions.The meeting focused on
the topic of the European
Universities Games in Belgrade
which were postponed. Also
the subsequent edition of
the Games were discussed,
agreeing that online supervision
commission meetings will be
prepared and realised in October
for the next two editions of
the Games. EUSA Executive
Committee also confirmed that
the bidding procedure for the
European Universities Games
2026 would open on October 1,
2020.Due to the postponement of
the European Universities
Games in Belgrade the season
of the European Universities
Championships initially planned
for 2021 was postponed to
2023.As also the General Assembly
was postponed to 2021, EUSA
decided to organise a series
of virtual meetings with its
members. After the initial
meeting organised in June 18,
the next online meetings were
confirmed for September 24 and
November 12, 2020.The Executive Committee
members were also informed
about EUSA’s EU-funded
projects and activities connected
with them.November 5, 2020
Members of the EUSA Executive
Committee met online on
November 5 for their fifth
meeting of the year.The meeting started with a
report of activities from the
last meeting, before focusing
on the European Universities
Games. Reports of the Games’
supervision commission
meetings were presented,
highlighting the reopening of
registration for the European
Universities Games in Belgrade
and the preventive measures
being taken for safety and
security of all participants
as well as local hosts. The
preparations for the subsequent
2022 European UniversitiesGames in Lodz were also
discussed, as well as the
opening of the bidding procedure
for the European Universities
Games 2026 on October 1.Related to the topic of
sports, the EUSA Executive
Committee attributed the
European Universities Cycling
Championship to Nijmegen,
nominating also the Technical
Delegates for Cycling - Ms
Nienke Vos (NED) and for Rugby
7s - Mr Andrey Matviyuk (RUS).The EUSA Executive Committee
also approved the following
internal documents, some
new and some updated: EUSA
Incident Policy, Code of Ethics,
Financial Regulations and
Accounting Principles, Green
Policy Document and Associated
Members Guidelines.Following the announcement
of results of the Erasmus+
call, the Executive Committee
members reflected on the great
achievement and recognition
of EUSA and its Institute by the
European Commission, awarding
it a collaborative partnership
project Inclusion in Sport
(iSport) and supporting activities
focusing on volunteering
related to the not-for-profit
European sport event European
Universities Games Belgrade,
coordinated by the EUSA
Institute.Success was achieved also
in projects where the EUSA
Institute forms a partnership
consortium, on the topics of
promoting education in and
through sport with special focus
on skills development and dual
career of athletes, encouraging
social inclusion and equal
opportunities in sport, improving
good governance in sport,
promoting voluntary activity in
sport and supporting mobility of
volunteers, coaches, managers
and staff of non-profit sport
organisations. The members
were also informed of the status
of all currently running EU-
funded projects and the main
steps and activities connected to
them until the end of the year.December 17, 2020
EUSA hosted the final Executive
Committee meeting of the
year on December 17, 2020.
The meeting was held online,wrapping up the activities of the
year 2020 and preparing plans
for the upcoming year.The sixth and final meeting of
the year started with welcome
address by the EUSA President
Mr Adam Roczek, Office report
by the EUSA Secretary General
Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, and the
Financial report by the EUSA
Treasurer Mr Lorenz Ursprung.
A discussion followed the
presentation of the reports,
evaluating the steps and
measurements taken in order to
minimise the impact of Covid-
pandemic to the organisation
and its activities.Despite the postponement
of the European Universities
Games 2020 and consequent
postponement of almost
all European Universities
Championships 2021 to 2023,
several activities and projects
were successfully carried
out over 2020. EUSA and its
Institute were very successful
in getting support from the
Erasmus+ programme of the
European Union for projects and
activities, starting in 2021.The preparations for the 5th
edition of the largest University
sports in Europe were discussed
and evaluated in more details.
On behalf of the Organising
Committee of the European
Universities Games Belgrade,
its Director Mr Predrag Juskovic
addressed the members of the
EUSA Executive Committee
and shared a summary of the
report and plans for 2021. Big
emphasis is being given on
safety and well-being of the
participants as well as locals,
and several scenarios of the
health and safety protocol were
being finalised with the help of
medical experts.Preparations for the subsequent
edition of the Games in Lodz
2022 (EUG2022) were also
discussed, noting significant
progress in getting everything
ready to host the event in the
summer of 2022.